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The news that the British Cleaning Council is seeking feedback on proposals for an
industrywide training programme and apprenticeship this month is a great sign that maybe, finally, our industry can make meaningful progress. While there’s still a way to go before we can celebrate a Cleaning Hygiene Operative apprenticeship, the more constructive feedback the proposals receive, the better chance it has of being successful.
The problem remains, however, that the workers we have in industries like hospitality and healthcare are burning out, with chronic staff shortages and absences continue to cause chaos. Recruitment, it seems, has only been getting more difficult in the
sector, with little respite on the horizon. In his column this month, BCC Chairman Jim Melvin highlights that industry concerns about recruitment have been ignored by the Government for long enough.
In the February edition of Tomorrow’s Cleaning, we get some advice from the experts at Fantastic Services in our Contract Cleaning section, as they share with us their opinion
on the best tech options you can use to step up your game. Matt from Principle explains the importance of having an effective supply chain, while Joe from Churchill says that cleaning companies need to ‘rip up the rulebook’.
In our Washroom Hygiene feature, Stuart from Essity looks at how public loos have been shaped by the external pressures over the past 20 years, Paul from Northwood explains how to maintain and manage washroom hygiene against the backdrop of chronic labour shortages, and Jamie from Initial discusses the post-pandemic washroom.
Elsewhere, ToolSense inform us of the many benefits of digital asset management, Daniel from Kärcher gives cleaning a dry ice blast, Chris from SafeGroup details how Touchpoint Shield has given the UK’s atomic energy authority the long-term solution it needed,
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4 | EDITOR’S VOICE
and the CHSA’s Lorcan Mekitarian tells us why accreditation schemes are vital for the cleaning and hygiene industry.
Thank you very much for reading, please stay safe and enjoy the issue!
Editor’s Voice
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